Amphoe Klaeng
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Klaeng is a district (amphoe
Amphoe
An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) in the eastern part of Rayong Province
Rayong Province
Rayong province is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chon Buri and Chanthaburi. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand.-History:...

, eastern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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History

In the reign of King Chulalongkorn
Chulalongkorn
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama V was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was known to the Siamese of his time as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang . He is considered one of the greatest kings of Siam...

 (Rama V), Mueang
Mueang
Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Klaeng was the 4th class city under Monthon Chanthaburi. The old Mueang office was located in Ban Laem Mueang, Tambon Paknam Prasae. In 1897 the office was moved to Ban Pho Thong, at the northern side of Wat Pho Thong. In 1908 Mueang Klaeng was downgraded to a district of Rayong Province.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Mueang Rayong
Amphoe Mueang Rayong
Mueang Rayong is the capital district of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Ban Chang, Nikhom Phatthana, Ban Khai, Wang Chan and Klaeng...

, Wang Chan
Amphoe Wang Chan
Wang Chan is a district in the northern part of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The minor district Wang Chan was created on 16 November 1977 by splitting off the two tambon Chum Saeng and Wang Chan from Klaeng district...

, Khao Chamao, Kaeng Hang Maeo
Amphoe Kaeng Hang Maeo
Kaeng Hang Maeo is the northwesternmost district of Chanthaburi Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Soi Dao, Khao Khitchakut, Tha Mai, Na Yai Am of Chanthaburi Province, Klaeng, Khao Chamao of Rayong Province, Bo Thong of Chonburi Province, Tha Takiap of Chachoengsao...

 and Na Yai Am
Amphoe Na Yai Am
Na Yai Am is a district in the western part of Chanthaburi Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The district was created on April 1 1992 by splitting off the five western tambon of Tha Mai district...

 of Chanthaburi Province
Chanthaburi Province
Chanthaburi is a province of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, at the border to Battambang and Pailin of Cambodia and the shore to the Gulf of Thailand...

. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand , also known in to Malays as Teluk Siam literally meant Gulf of Siam, is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.-Geography:...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 15 subdistricts (tambon
Tambon
Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 146 villages (muban
Muban
Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Klaeng is a town (thesaban mueang) which covers parts of the tambon Thang Kwian and Wang Wa. There are further 4 subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Kong Din covers parts of tambon Kong Din, Thung Khwai Kin parts of tambon Thung Khwai Kin and Khlong Pun, Pak Nam Prasae, parts of tambon Pak Nam Krasae and Sunthorn Phu, and the whole tambon Kram and Chak Phong. There are also 15 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. Name Thai Villages Inh.
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

1. Thang Kwian ทางเกวียน 10 23,040
2. Wang Wa วังหว้า 14 10,661
3. Chak Don ชากโดน 8 4,786
4. Noen Kho เนินฆ้อ 9 4,525
5. Kram กร่ำ 6 5,574
6. Chak Phong ชากพง 7 8,949
7. Krasae Bon กระแสบน 14 7,406
8. Ban Na บ้านนา 13 8,250
9. Thung Khwai Kin ทุ่งควายกิน 13 14,808
10. Kong Din กองดิน 11 10,175
11. Khlong Pun คลองปูน 9 5,871
12. Phang Rat พังราด 8 6,095
13. Pak Nam Krasae ปากน้ำกระแส 8 6,884
17. Huai Yang ห้วยยาง 9 3,646
18. Song Salueng สองสลึง 8 5,619

Missing numbers belong to tambon which now form Khao Chamao District.

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